HIGHER RAILWAY REVENUE
Passenger And Goods Traffic Heavier (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, February 14. The railway revenue figures for the 40 weeks of the current year were given by the Minister of Railways, the Hon. R. Semple, today as £1,030,728, over £500,000 more than the net amount earned during last year’s equivalent period. The returns for the fourweekly period to January 4 show a con - siderable increase in passenger and goods traffic against the corresponding
period of last year: Gross Revenue Expenditure Net Revenue Total 878,326 686,394 191,932 Increase £ 74,534 33,320 41,214 Mr Semple gave the following figures for the 40 weeks of the current year, compared with the figures for the corresponding period of 1939-40: Total Increase £ £ Gross Revenue 8.194,605 857,912 Expenditure 7,163.877 318,592 Net Revenue 1,030,728 539,320
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Southland Times, Issue 24361, 15 February 1941, Page 8
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